Ripley weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Ripley, West Virginia: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Ripley, 1 km from Ripley; records cover 1941–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 46 in1169 mm
- Snow a year
- 12 in29 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 22
- First fall freeze
- Oct 20
- Heating degree days
- 4,750
- Cooling degree days
- 1,108
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 5°−15° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Ripley in January
Highs average 44°7° and lows 22°−6°, with 3.1 in80 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1950)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1994)
- Heating degree days
- 1000
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ripley in February
Highs average 48°9° and lows 24°−5°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2018)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 818
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ripley in March
Highs average 57°14° and lows 30°−1°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2026)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 663
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Ripley in April
Highs average 70°21° and lows 40°4°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1985)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 326
- Cooling degree days
- 17
Ripley in May
Highs average 78°25° and lows 50°10°, with 4.4 in113 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1962)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 120
- Cooling degree days
- 86
Ripley in June
Highs average 85°29° and lows 59°15°, with 5 in126 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1988)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 14
- Cooling degree days
- 214
Ripley in July
Highs average 88°31° and lows 63°17°, with 4.9 in124 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1988)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 335
Ripley in August
Highs average 87°31° and lows 62°16°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1983)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 292
Ripley in September
Highs average 82°28° and lows 55°13°, with 3.8 in95 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1953)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 50
- Cooling degree days
- 141
Ripley in OctoberThis month
Highs average 70°21° and lows 42°6°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2019)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 297
- Cooling degree days
- 21
Ripley in November
Highs average 58°15° and lows 32°0°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1946)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1958)
- Heating degree days
- 597
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ripley in December
Highs average 48°9° and lows 27°−3°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation and 2.3 in5.8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1982)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 863
- Cooling degree days
- 0